Tilting mechanism



, W. C. GILMORE TILTING MECHANISM Filed June 4 Sept. 1 -3., 1926. i if i I UNI ED ;S4Taias PAT NT OFFICE.)

warmers oiaan ns ci i v onn. or WOLLONGONG, new scorn wanes, Ari-savanna.

a 1 mem newsman. Application filed nner, 192%{Seria1 no. 711982, and'in Australiahi gust 7; 1923;

This invention relates to means which are with til-ting deyices thereon; the body of the attachable to the chassis or frame ofa motor vehicle beingn untilted position; Fig. 2 a

road or like vehicle vandtothe body thereof view siinilai' 'to Fig. 1 but showing the body whereby the contents carried by the body in tilted position; 3-detail view of a may be readily tipped therefrom and the operatingshaft; Fig. 4; detail viewof hinge body returned to normal position on the members for vehiclebody andchassisg'Fig. vehicle chassis or frame whenrequired. 5 detail view, of pivotal connection on tail Located rearwardly of the seat" of the door of'body; and Fig. 6 detail view ofloclrdriver of the vehicle on'opposite sides of the. ing means for operating lever. 55 m chassis or framethere'of are a pair of bear he body'l of the vehicle may be of any ings for a rotatable shaftQ Such bearings usual construction; it is mounted on the'chas are preferably constructed to permit the sis or frame 2. Suchchassis carries-atopshaft to be adjustable therein. Suitably posite sides the bearings '3 and 4t for the fixed to said shaft at opposite ends thereof rotatable shaft'5, the latter extending transare a pair of levers and'on one end; of the versely of the chassis. Fixed to the shaft shaft is fixed an operatinglever, the latter by the pins 6 or otherwise are the levers 7 being capable of either being turned downwhose outer ends arejawed 2.138; the said wardly to rotate the shaft inone directionor Jaws having therein,it'reipiired a series of to be turned upwardly to'iotate the shaft in holes 9. At o e end such shaft 5 has also is the opposite direction and whilst; in its up-' fixed thereto by apin 10 or otherwise an ward position to be brought into engagement operating lever 11 which; when in upright witha toothed rack located on theside of the position,'may be made to lock engage with box of the d-rivers seat't'o be detachably held I the rack bar 12 on' one side of the drivers thereby in locked position. a 5 r I seat 13 of the vel'ii'clje the lever 11 being pro- 50 Each of the levers on the shaft is prefer- 'vid'edj wti'h a finger 14 or other means for ably furnished with a jawed outerend adapt-i this purpose. 1 ed to be pivoted to one end of the lever: ivotally attached at one end to the jaws 8 which may, if desired, be bent at its lower of the levers Tar-e the levers '15 whoseopend and whose upper end is pivoted to the posite ends are pivotally attached at 16 to 55 an forward part of the tilting body of the vethe OPPOSltB sides of the forward part of liicle. The said bent levers are pivoted at the body 1. Also pivotally attached at one their upper ends to the opposite sides of theend to the jaws 8 of thejlevers 7 are the levers said body. Also pivotally attached to the 17, the opposite ends of which are pivotally jawed end of the levers affixed to the rotatconnected to bolts 18 extending from plates 90 E45 able shaft are the forward ends of two long 19 attached by any suitable means to the tail levers; the rear ends of the latter levers exdoor 20 of the vehicle. The holes 9 serve tend from the jawed levers to the rear of the to enablethe levers to be attached to the body of the vehicle and are disposed at either levers, 7 in different pos tions for the purside thereof. The rear ends of the long pose of regulating the upward throw of the to so levers are pivotally attachedto the tail door forward part of the body 1 depending on the of the body of the vehicle. Such tail door point of connection of the levers15 with the is pivotally hinged to brackets at both sides levers 7. of the body. Said tail door is hinged to the rear of Jointed hinge members are also provided the body 1 by the pintle rod 21 which is carme i 5 at the sides of the tilting body of the vehicle led by brackets 22 secured in anysuitable and the chassis or'frame thereof, and if remanner to the rear of the body of the vequired the latter and the bottom of the tilthicle. The body 1-is hingedly connected to ing body are furnished with metal pieces the chassis by the metal hinge connections which frictionally rub against each other 23 or the like situated at opposite sides of -i Z-a) during the tilting movements of the body. the vehicle towards the rear thereof. It is I Disposed near the forward part of the tiltalso preferred to fit the body 1 and Cl1tSS1S 2 ing body and secured to the chassis or frame with metal plat-es 24 to preserve the said of the vehicle are guide rods or bars adapted body and chassis from wear in the tilting to guide the body in its tilting movements. and return movements of the body in rela no Referring to the accompanying drawings, tion to the chassis; At the forward part:

Fig. 1 is a detail view of part/of a vehicle of the chassis .1 and located at opposite sides thereof are preferably provided guide devices 25 which may consist of metal plates secured to the chassis and adapted to guide the body in its tilting movements upon the chassis.

Though not essential the shaft 5 may be fitted with arms 26 adapted when the body 1 is in untilted position on the chassis or frame 2 to engage lugs or projections 27 on thefront of the body 1 whereby an additional safeguard is offered to the body from tilting backwardly whilst the lever 11 is in erect position. Further, if required, the rack .12 may have pivotally or otherwise suitably. fitted thereto a stop plate 28 adapted'when set against thefinger 14; to prevent the latter from becoming disengaged from the slot or slots in the rack 12. The stop plate 28 may carry a pin 29 adapted to be set in an opening in the rack 12 to hold the plate 28 against the finger 14:.

In operation, when it is desired to tilt the body 1 on the chassis2 for the purpose of tipping the contents of such body it is only necessary for the driver of the vehicle to detach the operating lever 11 from engagement with the rack 12 and to depress the lever 11 whereby the shaft 5 will be rotated in one direction. Upon such rotation the levers 7, 15, and 17 are also operated and the tail door 20 the body 1 are thus tipped by gravity from the rear of the body. Upon returning the lever 11 to normal upright position the shaft is opened and the contents ofnormal position on the chassis 2 of the vehicle as shown in Fig. l, the levers 7, 15, and 17 and the tail door 20 being also shown in normal position in said figure.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a dumping body for vehicles, the combination with the main frame of a vehicle, a body hinged to the frame for upward swing- .ing movement and an end gate hinged to the upper edge of the rear end of the body and also adapted for upward swinging movement, of bearings mounted on the frame forwardly of the body, a shaft journalled in the bearings, arms rigid with and normally projecting from the shaft and normally ar- .ranged in the vertical position, angularly disposed bifurcated jaws extending rearwardly from the outer ends of the arms, a pair oflevers arranged between the bifurcated jaws and the forward portion ofv the body,a pair of elongated levers also pivoted between the bifurcated jaws and having the opposite ends pivoted to the end gate, a handle lever rigidly connected with one end of the shaft and normally arranged in substantially vertical position and adapted to be moved substantially to rock and to move rearwardly and upwardly so as to raise the body to and simultaneously open and raise the end gate, and means for locking the handle lever so as to normally maintain the lever in a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

XVILLIAM CHARLES GILMORE,

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